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Episode Synopsis
How solid is your digital trust—or are you just hoping your PKI is secure?Let’s be honest: too many companies run on borrowed trust and forgotten certificates. In this episode of Threat Talks, ON2IT’s Lieuwe Jan Koning and Rob Maas pull back the curtain on what really holds your digital world together—and what can tear it down overnight.They break down PKI in plain language: the root of trust that must stay locked away, the intermediates that keep your systems running, and the automation that stops your team from clicking “ignore” on yet another warning.You’ll see why rolling your own keys beats trusting anyone else, how to keep your devices speaking the same language of trust, and why short-lived certificates might just save you from the next big breach.This isn’t theory—it’s how Zero Trust really starts: by proving that your organization can trust itself.Additional Resources• Threat Talks Episode on SSL Decryption – https://youtu.be/Xv_jVHVsD9w• ON2IT Zero Trust: https://on2it.net/zero-trust/• ACME protocol (RFC 8555): https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8555/• Let’s Encrypt / ACME protocol – https://letsencrypt.org• DigiNotar case study background – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiNotar• Mozilla CA Program (trusted root store): https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA• infographic about encryption https://on2it.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/20250304_Infographic_Encryption.pdfGuest & Host Links:Rob Maas (Field CTO, ON2IT): https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmaas83/ Lieuwe Jan Koning (Founding Partner, ON2IT): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lieuwejan/Key Topics Covered• Why root certificates must never be online—and how intermediates provide a safe fallback.• Real-world PKI failure: DigiNotar compromise and lessons for CISOs.• How ON2IT built a secure, low-cost PKI with offline key bearers and ACME automation.• The hidden risks of training employees to ignore certificate warnings—and how Zero Trust demands the opposite.🔔 Follow and Support our channel! 🔔=== ► YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@ThreatTalks► SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SXUyUEndOeKYREvlAeD7E► APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights/id1725776520👕 Receive your Threat Talks T-shirthttps://threat-talks.com/🗺️ Explore the Hack's Route in Detail 🗺️https://threat-talks.com🕵️ Threat Talks is a collaboration between @ON2IT and @AMS-IX
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